The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted Haji Md Selim, MP, from a three-year sentence in a case against him for concealing of wealth acquired illegally.
"The High Court acquitted him from the three-year sentence. We have made an appeal against the judgement," ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told BSS.
On March 9, a High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the judgement to uphold the jail-term and fined Taka 10 lakh to the lawmaker.
The High Court, however, acquitted him of the charge of concealing information in his wealth statement, for which Selim was sentenced to three-year imprisonment.
The court in its judgement had asked the accused to surrender before the lower court concerned within 30 days of receiving the copy of the judgement.
The trial court on April 27, 2008, convicted Haji Salim and sentenced him to total 13 years' imprisonment under two sections in the case, which was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on October 24, 2007.
The accused appealed against the judgement with the High Court on October 25, 2009. The High Court on January 2, 2011, acquitted him of the corruption case, making the anti-graft body to appeal against the High Court verdict.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on January 12, 2015, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered to hold the hearing afresh.
Source: BSS